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Meg Goodman Engaged!!
Bart Branan asked Meg to be his bride
over the holidays. Congrats guys! We look forward to
the big event.
A quick aside, Palmetto
Paws is the place to go in Charleston or online
for fine pet provisions.
Mike Ostella and Amy
to Marry
Thats
the word on the street anyway.
Joshua "Boone"
Herman
7lbs1oz, 20.5 inches. Congrats to the
Hermans!!
Choate
Day 2004
Red Sox Nation
Some of you may remember last fall that
a Mr. Henry Oakey wrote a missive to Mr. Roosevelt concerning
the Red Sox's loss to the Yankees in the 2003 Divisional
Championship. The letter, as we all were lucky enough
to read, contemplated life, baseball, and friendship.
This year Mr. Roosevelt felt obliged to return the gesture.
Read the
Letter
Last Years Letter
Picture of the Day Update
Lela Mather Thompson
October 26th, 2004
More
Sparks Twins!!
Austin (6lbs 7ozs) and Sydney (5lbs
8ozs) Sparks were born yesterday in Hickory, NC to Lori
and Steven. This means that, for the first time, Stirling
has cousins (not one but two!!) and I am an uncle (with
a niece AND a nephew!!). Both the twins and momy are
doing very well. Incidentally, Lela is due any day.
It could be a busy week for the Thompson/Sparks families.
Steven
and the twins Twins
together
Apprentice??
Pretty classic here, Lela is attempting
to woo one of the Apprentice II dudes in her sweet baggy
sweats. From a freshman year in college sorority event.
I am pretty sure I am hoping he gets fired sooner rather
than later.
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Daniel Monroe Gilbane Jr.
Daniel Monroe Gilbane Jr. was born Saturday
morning at 10:54 am. He weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and
is a happy healthy baby. Congratulations to the Dan
and Eleanor and all the rest of the Gilbanes!! How wonderful
it is to have yet another child with us. A bit scary
that there is another Gilbane (see: Dan, Tom, Mike)
but I am sure the world is a better place.
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Griffin Alexander Lovern
Congrats to Ryan and Chris, he is a
beautiful bouncing baby boy!!
More Pictures
In
Mommy's Lap
In
Mommy's Lap 2
With
Daddy
Summer
2004
A catch up on some missing
'pictures of the day'.
Tobias (Toby) Walker
Barnes
Born June 24th at 5:38 AM at 9 lbs,
14 oz, and 24 inches (Thats a big baby!). Congratulations
Josh and Emily, he is beautiful!!
Peyton Putnam Sichol & Carter Hansen Sichol
Lowey Sichol gave birth to one child
Thursday evening and one early Friday morning. Congratulations
Lowey and Adam!!! We can not wait to see some pictures!!
May 27, 11:59pm - Peyton Putnam Sichol,
5 lbs 13 ounces, 19 3/4 inches, blonde hair like mom.
May 28, 12:10am - Carter Hansen Sichol,
5 lbs 1 ounce, 17 3/4 inches, brown hair like dad.
More Pictures
 
Thompson
Tourney 2004
REPORT
PACKAGE - Everyone
Family
Standings
April 6th:
We have some winners. Congratulations
to Henry Oakey, the overall winner, and Bill Winterer,
the Thompson Family winner. Henry, your shirt is in
the mail. Thank you everyone for playing. I know that
I look forward to next year.
March 23rd:
Down to the sweet sixteen with Chris Thompson
holding on to a one point lead over Lela, the Hermans,
and Henry Oakey. However Chris (Kentucky), Lela (Stanford),
and the Hermans (Kentucky) have lost their picked champ.
Henry Oakey looks strong with the most possible points
left on the board including six of his Elite Eight.
With shocking consistentcy John Macalister pulls up
the rear. Note to John, there is no last place prize
in this pool.
March 20th:
The Hermans are in the lead after the
first round with 31 points. They had 29 out of 32 games
correct and a couple upset points. Lela, Dave, and Lindley
share second.
A little background
This contest started years ago in the depths of the
Thompson family basement. Macon would studiously set
up and run what became an intense and beloved family
event (the Thompsons being a generally competitive bunch).
With the advent of the internet this contest grew and
evolved to include not just extended family members
(winterers, tenneys, sparks, etc) but also friends.
It should be noted that this a 'friendly' competition
with no entry fees of any sort. There is however a grand
prize. I know I have promised on this before and not
delivered but last year, for the first time the winner
did in fact receive an award. Below is a picture of
last years winner (Eli Burstein) modeling his prize
(the shirt logo).
Yes fans of ltandlela.com, this also serves of notice
of an official website clothing line. Distribution is
extremely limited. Limited in fact to winners of this
contest. Do not call telling me you want one (I expect
demand to be overwhelming) because you will not get
it unless you win.
It should also be noted that there is both an overall
winner and a family winner (thompsons, tenneys, sparks,
etc). However only the overall winner gets the shirt.
Shirt Logo
Last Years Winner,
Eli Burstein
Two For One
Wedding Special!!
It has been a busy fall
wedding season and I am a bit behind in posting pictures.
Therefore we have a two for one special. On October
25th Meredith and Bryan Etheridge were married in a
beautiful ceremony in Raleigh and on November 15th Phil
and Heather Deguire were married in Atlanta. Congratulations
to both beautiful couples!!
What a get together this was. Set in
the beautiful Dunwoody section of Atlanta this was a
wedding for the ages. On Friday night the Williams crew
gathered and met the Atlanta and Duke contingents for
a night of sushi at Ma Li's (A friend of Heather's family
owns the place, I
highly recommend it.) Saturday night was an absolute
blast. It was wonderful to see our old friends the Deguire
family, finally meet the Wilkinson clan and their friends,
and of course, all the Williams crowd was there in high
form.
Pictures
What a special wedding this was. Friday
night was great fun. Saturday we all got to go to the
state fair and eat deep fried food of all varieties
(make sure you check out these pictures, there are some
good ones), the wedding ceremony was beautiful and the
reception a blast. The setting for the reception, the
North Carolina Museum of Natural History, was just stunning.
It is also relevant to note that the bride was gorgeous
and that I beat all the native North Carolinians in
'North Carolina Trivia'.
Pictures
LTandLela.com Hits 20,000
We are proud to announce that as of
sometime this last week (month?) this website has had
20,000 visits. Truly a milestone. I hate to do this,
but I feel like I need to use this momentous occasion
to scold all of the people who have made this day possible.
Stop it. Get back to work. Stop messing
around. I am talking to you Roosevelt, and you Burstein,
and all the rest of you slackers.
Laura and Dave Engaged!!
Their
WeddingChannel.com site
Philip Stedman Oakey
On November 11th Woody
Oakey gave birth to a 7 lbs. 8 oz. 21 inch long boy.
The word ten days later is that child, mother, and father
are all doing well and settling into their new routines.
Congratulations Oakeys!!
Two
More Birth Announcements and an Update!!
Congratulations to Steph and Tom Ryan
on the birth last week of a beautiful little girl Lily
Hamilton. And a little late but check out William
White. Another.
Good work Kevin and Karen.
We have also received word that Josh,
Emily and Anna Barnes have moved out of the woods to
a house WITH electricity. While this might seem like
standard fare to most readers this is really an accomplishment
for the Barnes. No word yet on what Josh plans to do
with his collection of ten gallon gas cans. Anna Barnes
is doing well. Here are some new pictures. One.
Two.
Happy Day Happy Day!!
It has been quite a week
for our friends in Hickory and beyond. We have FOUR
births to announce. Congratulations to Mark and Paige
Bowman on the birth of Thomas
Ward. To Bradley and Allie Pierson on the birth
of their daughter Avery Caroline. To Roger and Meghan
Young on Charles Roger Young III (Picture
One, Two).
Finally to our wonderful cousin's Drew and Shannon Winterer
on their little girl Harriet
Reese.
We are so happy for you
all!!
and now.........
Hunter McNeill Pulliam!!!
Congrats Mebane and Cooper!!
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Meredith Jones
Congrats to the Jones on another baby
girl!
College Bowl Pick
'Em
(A Paying Event - Now closed to new entries)
Sean & Kris Tie the Knot! (Finally)
In a beautiful ceremony in beautiful Fearrington
Village, North Carolina Kristie promised to love and
cherish our dear Sean. What an event. The bride and
groom are off to Thailand for two weeks of wedded
bliss. Best Wishes Calvillos!!
Official
LTandLela.com Pictures
Being as much of a shameless self promoter as ourselves,
Sean has sent along some links to more pictures. Note
that most of the ofoto links do not require you to
have an ofoto account. Just click the link and then
click "view photos" on the resulting ofoto
page. Thanks to those that sent us pictures.
Wedding
From Ric Jr.
Wedding
from Kristen Matthews (Ofoto account required)
Wedding
From Jen Baughman (Ofoto)
Wedding
From Steve Molnar (Snapfish)
Honeymoon
Getting To Bangkok (Ofoto)
Honeymoon
Bangkok Day 1 (Ofoto)
Honeymoon
Bangkok Day 2 (Ofoto)
Honeymoon
Phuket (Ofoto)
Wedding from Jenny Daniel (Ofoto)
Some quick thoughts on the Phuket pictures:
1. I am nothing short of shocked and dismayed there
are no pictures of sean riding the short elephant.
Stirling would have been all over that.
2. I am pretty sure that I am straight, but the picture
of sean in the hot tub makes me feel funny all over
3. I love the four wheeling pictures, but you really
did not need to travel to thailand to do that. You
rednecks just come on down whenever you want to do
that stuff
Vaughn Manning Vandegrift
Vaughn was born at 11:57am on Saturday, October 30,
2004. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and is 21 1/4
inches long. Congrats to SB and Mark! Lela and I were
able to visit this weekend and she is adorable!
Caroline Logan Davis
Caroline Logan Davis was born at 5:48 pm on Monday
November 2, 2004. She was 20 ½ inches long
and 8 lbs 8 oz and has a full head of hair. Congrats
to Katie and Reeves!!
Henry Harris Cavanna
Tiernan gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Saturday
at 12:37pm. He weighed in at 7lbs. 2 ozs, 20 inches
long. Congrats to Tiernan and Kiernan!!test
Lindley and Dale!! Engaged!!!
Thank you so much Lindley for these great Before
& After shots. Clearly Lindley is happy to be
excited, and why not? Dale is the best.
Cynthia Ribustello
Was born September 12th, seven pounds two ounces.
Congrats to Steven and Inie!! So sad we have not gotten
any pictures yet.
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Matt & Rachel
Congrats to Matt & Rachel Rothert,
married at First Presbyterian, Hickory on September
4th. We love you both and know you will make a wonderful
couple. We hope you stayed dry in Jamaica!!
Pictures
Check out this Stud
(Bill Winterer)
Wearing his new LTandLela.com Shirt.
I know you all want one.
Laura
and Dave Wed!!
On a beautiful Hickory weekend Laura Sparks became
Mrs. David Caldwell in front of all their family and
friends. Everyone had a wonderful time and we wish
them the best in their life together.
Picture of the Day
Archive
William Andrew Banks
The newest member of the Hickory community. Congratulations
to Andi and Michael.
Keep your hands off Stirling bud.
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2
Chase Dutton &
Matts Fickling
Congratulations to the Ficklings on the birth of
their son Joel Madison "Matts" on January
20th and to the Duttons on the birth of their son
Chase Holden born January 30th. I want a son. We can
not wait to meet them both.
Another
Chase Susan
and Matts Another
Matts
Anna B. Update
Anna did you do this to yourself? Or is daddy playing
silly games? The word from Oregon is that the Barnes
have moved into town. Which means they are closer
to work and friends and all the amenities Ashland
has to offer. Significantly it also means they have
electricity, which is a little detail Josh forgot
to enquire about with the first house. Just think
how ticked off the new owner of their old house will
be when he/she finds out!! I smell lawsuit.
Blue Harrick
The newest addition to the ltandlela.com
pet page
Pooh Bear in Command
I think it is pretty obvious why this picture is
being posted.
Yankees Win, Henry Loses, Ted is better
than Henry
More important than the fact that he has recently
had a child is the fact that Henry lost an important
bet to Ted Roosevelt on the outcome of this fall's
American League Championship Series. The bet had three
components.
1. The loser would pay the winner
one hundred ($100.00) American Dollars
2. The loser would write a letter
stating in detail why the other person (Ted) was a
better person, the other team was a better team (Yankees),
and why the writer (Henry) was such a miserable person.
3. The above would be posted on this
website for all to see.
It should be noted that it did take
some time for this process to work itself out (Henry
had some b.s. excuse about Woody giving birth to child).
It should also be noted that I am posting this as
a service to Henry and Ted and that it is painful
for me to do so (especiully that damn logo, never
thought I would see that).
Henry's
Handwritten Letter
Henry's
Letter Deciphered
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